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Loafer

Loafer Meaning & Definition
Loafer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Loafer?

[n] (trademark) a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel
[n] person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Loafer: bum | do-nothing | idler | layabout

Related Terms | Find terms related to Loafer: Arab | beach bum | beachcomber | beggar | bo | bum | bummer | cadger | clock watcher | dallier | dawdle | dawdler | diddler | dillydallier | dogie | dolittle | do-nothing | doodler | drone | faineant | gamin | gamine | gentleman of leisure | goldbrick | goldbricker | goof-off | guttersnipe | hobo | homeless waif | idler | laggard | landloper | lazybones | lazzarone | lingerer | loiterer | loller | losel | lotus-eater | lounge lizard | lounger | lubber | mendicant | mendicant friar | mendicant order | moocher | mope | moper | mudlark | panhandler | piker | potterer | putterer | ragamuffin | ragman | ragpicker | rounder | schnorrer | scrounger | shirker | ski bum | slouch | sloucher | slug | slugabed | sluggard | stick-in-the-mud | stiff | stray | street Arab | street urchin | sundowner | surf bum | swagman | swagsman | tatterdemalion | tennis bum | time killer | time waster | tramp | trifler | turnpiker | urchin | vag | vagabond | vagrant | waif | waifs and strays | waiter on Providence | wastrel

See Also | clock watcher | couch potato | dallier | dawdler | daydreamer | dillydallier | drone | goldbrick | good-for-naught | good-for-nothing | goof-off | laggard | lagger | lazybones | lie-abed | loon | lounger | mope | ne'er-do-well | nonworker | shirker | shoe | slacker | slug | slugabed | sluggard | spiv | sunbather | trailer | trifler | whittler | woolgatherer

Loafer In Webster's Dictionary

\Loaf"er\, n. [G. l["a]ufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See {Leap}.] One who loafs; a lazy lounger. --Lowell.

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